Job 24:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

Young's Literal Translation
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

King James Bible
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Hebrew
The womb
רֶ֨חֶם ׀ (re·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7358: The womb

forgets them;
יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ (yiš·kā·ḥê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

the worm
רִמָּ֗ה (rim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7415: A maggot

feeds on them;
מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ (mə·ṯā·qōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4988: A dainty, food

they are remembered
יִזָּכֵ֑ר (yiz·zā·ḵêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

more.
ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

So injustice
עַוְלָֽה׃ (‘aw·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

is like a broken
וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר (wat·tiš·šā·ḇêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

tree.
כָּעֵ֣ץ (kā·‘êṣ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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